Book People Archive

Re: The Six Sins of the Wikipedia

On 6/26/06, Sam Vaknin Narcissus Publications <palma@[redacted]> wrote:
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> http://www.globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1911&cid=1&sid=19

Do we really need to go over this again? This is one poster's opinion,
already firmly expressed on this list, recapped in an article for a
non-peer-reviewed journal, on a subject that's at best tangentially
related to this list.

[Moderator: Well, it's a pointer, which I generally am more willing to
 let through than the full text of articles posted elsewhere, as 
 pointers are easier to ignore if they're not of interest, while still
 making it possible for a reader to respond if one feels there's
 something new and useful to say.  (Plus, pointers like this may inform
 folks that an author has taken his argument to a new forum, 
 which may be of interest to some readers.)

 While not central to this list, Wikipedia does bring up issues related
 to user contributed free information on the Net, a description that
 also applies to what many Book People produce.  (Wikisource, a companion
 project to Wikipedia, may be an even closer analogue, particularly
 to those online books that are collaboratively produced, such as 
 through Distributed Proofreaders.)

 Whether there's more useful to say about Wikipedia in this thread remains
 to be seen.  I have tightened moderation on the thread, and am not planning
 to make new posts myself on the thread at this point, but have not closed
 it off entirely.

 To quickly digest two other followups: Nick Hodson reports that
 he had better luck with the above URL by substituting "articles"
 for "articledes".  Sam Vaknin replied that the original form
 of the URL works for him.  From here, both URLs seem to work for me,
 but Sam's version, unlike Nick's, gives me the full article without my
 having to make additional clicks, or showing me popup ads.  Other readers'
 experiences may vary.  - JMO]